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Gaoranger DX Silver Chrome Gao Gorilla Gallery
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04-26-2016, 09:27 PM
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Den-O
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Summon, spirit of the Earth!
We're digging deep, very very deep for this one. You may recall a couple of years ago that we at TokuNation hosted a massive gallery tribute to all things
Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger.
One of my personal all time favorite sentai, with my actual favorite sentai toyline ever. We did a series of
16 galleries
themed around it that I cleverly (not really) called "Gaolleries". Well I've been slowly piecing together some of the more rare pieces that exist from this line to objectively complete my Gaoranger collection. The efforts of which finally allow me to bring you today's special gallery,
DX Silver Chrome Gao Gorilla!
Packaging
The packaging for this bad boy is identical, mostly, to the original
PA-10 DX Gao Gorilla.
Albeit with some minor differences. This piece was a promotional item available only outside Japan and distributed as a prize by
Bandai Asia/Bandai Hong Kong.
As such some logos, phrases and other package call outs have been changed. You'll also notice that the copyright date on this box is for 2003, when the original was released in 2001. Otherwise the general layout and design are identical to the original release. The palstic tray is slightly altered as the chrome Gaoranger releases didn't come with the power Animal mini figures, so that part has been removed.
Main Figure
This is pretty straightforward.
Silver Gao Gorilla
is, as the name implies, a straight repaint of Gao Gorilla. Just done entirely in metallic chrome silver with a couple of unpainted die-cast parts as well. Every visible surface is silver. This is also the 4th of 5 release of the Gao Gorilla mold:
- Gao Gorilla (sold individually or as part of the
Gao Muscle
box set)
- Gao Kong (red repaint from
Gaoranger The Movie Fire Mountain Roars
)
- Gao Ape (black repaint mail in tied to the
Super Sentai Mecha Visual 1975-2002 Book
)
- Silver Gao Gorilla (
Bandai Asia/Hong Kong promotion
)
- Gold Gao gorilla (
Lucky Draw
)
Gao Kong featured new head molding for the combined mode. This was to match up with the films exclusive combination,
Gao Knight.
Gao Ape is a black repaint of that release specifically so it also featured the "knight" head. Silver Gao Gorilla is a repaint of the original version of the Gorilla mold. Complete with the standard
Gao Muscle
head.
Silver Gao Gorilla of course is cross compatible with the same power animals as the other releases of the mold. Whether that be in the default Gao Muscle combination with Gao Bison, Eagle, Bear, & Polar. Or in a Gao Muscle Striker style combination using Gao Rhinos & Gaomadillo for legs. I've included images of what
Gao Muscle
looks like with this
silver torso,
but I've also pieced together the only solid silver set I can complete right now. Using Silver Gao Rhinos & Gaomadillo, and Gao Hammerhead & Wolf from the
Silver Gao Hunter
set. In the shows naming scheme this form would most probably be called
Gao Muscle Striker Another Arm.
Accessories
As mentioned above, this release of the mold doesn't include the Power Animal mini-figure for use with the role play toys. It only comes with a new version of the
Muscle Anchor.
For this release the metal chain is now silver and the anchor itself is painted silver. The original release had a gold/bronze chain and gold painted anchor, the Gao Kong release of the anchor was molded in gold.
Final Thoughts
This is a piece that's clearly not manufactured with the general collector in mind. As a rare promotional giveaway item, few even own it. It's for the most die hard of Gaoranger collectors, such as myself. But the
DX Silver Gao Gorilla
is yet another wonderful addition to my collection. I'm always happy to add more Power Animals to the zoo!
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